10 darling advent calendars

I’m mad for advent calendars. I am in love with my little sock one (that’s it in the pic above) and I would have three or more advent calendars each year if that wasn’t so… utterly ridiculous. Surely a family needs just the one and preferably one without built-in chocolates.

I used to put a little gift in each sock, ready for little hands to search inside on their allocated day. Finding trinkets that were small enough and delightful enough was both a chore and a lot of fun. You know how that can be.

These days, I put messages inside the socks instead (turns out that finding the little gifties was more chore than fun). The message is either a ‘thought for the day’, a ‘question of the day’ or an ‘activity for the day’. The kids love all three and I love our new little ritual that doesn’t involve more ‘stuff’ at Christmas.

Now is the time to order your calendar, to allow plenty of time for it to arrive before the 1st. Whatever advent calendar you choose, make it one that has room for a little morning chit-chat if you can.